VP Harris has promised to have a republican in her cabinet. Who do you think it would be and for what position?

[tulipsandroses]

Kinzinger to head up the VA? or DNI
Olivia Troye? Homeland Security? UN Ambassador?

[msongs]

1. bottle washer? fly catcher? giving a republican a job with power is a bad move IMO nt

[Sneederbunk]

4. Used to be done by president winning close election.

See JFK

[bottomofthehill]

66. Bill Clinton and Barak Obama

Bill Clinton, Dave Barrum GSA Administrator

Barak Obama Ray Lahood, Secretary of Transportation.

[mobeau69]

115. Jon Huntsman Amb to China/Obama

[TxGuitar]

40. Why is it ever only Dems that make this concession?

These aren't the days when there are decent republicans who can fill roles. No one who identifies as a republican now is not a fascist. Why let the pigs in?
And I would posit that the number of decent conservatives in the past 50 years can be counted on one hand.

[dsc]

73. Reagan named a Democratic UN Ambassador

W Bush named a Democrat to the Sec of Transportation,

[WarGamer]

56. thank you...

[aocommunalpunch]

2. What votes is she courting by this nonsense?

It sounds tone deaf and alienating. Fuck Republicans. Christ.

[Mz Pip]

9. Votes she needs to win.

I’m fine with that. We can’t continue down this hyper partisan path. I’m old enough to remember when the parties worked together and it didn’t feel like we were on the verge of a civil war.

[aocommunalpunch]

17. Yea, gonna take a hard pass.

Republicans haven’t seen hyperpartisanship. We should actually try it and then they can bitch. Bipartisanship is a fucking fairy tale and I’m too old for that shit. I don’t believe there’s anyone anywhere who is going to vote for Harris because she promises to bring in Republicans to her fucking cabinet. I have heard lots of criticism for doing just that, so perhaps playing to her base would be a sounder strategy. Whatever. She should just promise MORE positions to right wingers! We’ll get MORE votes?

[Hotler]

130. I'm done reaching across the isle. I hope Madam VP doesn't expect the nation to have a big kumbaya moment

of enlightenment and unite after the election. Ain't going to happen.

[onenote]

18. I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest she is less tone deaf than you are when it comes to politics.

Not meant as an insult. Just a statement of opinion.

[aocommunalpunch]

22. No worries.

I suppose she can keep offering the right wing all kinds of things because she knows best. Personally, I think playing to your base is smart, but whatever. Fuck Republicans.

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

25. We need to heal our country. Continuing to feed the partisan divide will not heal anything.

Since MAGAt repubs in congress continue to act like idiotic nitwits, the dems should step up and act like the rational adults we are, to start the healing process.

Luckily we have many repubs REAL repubs to choose from. Remember, there’ll be another election 2 and 4 years from now. If we want to continue to have the REAL repubs support, we MUST do what is the logical thing to keep it.

How many cabinet positions are there anyway. I’m sure giving a few to our repub supporters will not debilitate us. Beside, look at what they are sacrificing to help us… setting aside their political values. Surely we can afford to be generous in return.

[aocommunalpunch]

30. LMAO

Try hiring DEMOCRATS. Why the ever loving FUCK is everyone so opposed to just hiring Democrats? It’s like fucking kryptonite all the sudden. Oh, no! The Republicans will make shit up about and smear us! That won’t happen if we’re nice to them. Fuck fucking Republicans. Goddamn.

[former9thward]

87. No one is going to heal this country.

That ship has sailed.

[Skittles]

31. THANK YOU

it is fucking ridiculous

[Joinfortmill]

3. Liz Cheney, in what position, I don't know.

[Think. Again.]

6. Good will ambassador, but that's it.

[Pink Hyacinth]

7. I agree

She was the first one I thought of, but not sure what would be the best thing for her to do.

[Walleye]

11. I was thinking, Homeland security would be her natural spot

It is a huge agency though

[GregariousGroundhog]

38. Director of National Intelligence or National Security Advisor are also possibilities.

Currently, those posts are held by Avril Haines and Jake Sullivan, respectively.

In the House, Liz Cheney served on the Committee of Armed Forces and on its Subcomittee of Intelligence and Special Operations.

[Walleye]

54. At least we can be confident we can trust her with our national secrets

[angrychair]

110. She is a Republican

No you can't. She literally excused Democrats of killing babies after they are born in 2019.

Fuck Liz Cheney and her father and every Republican.

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

62. I think KH should keep Jake Sullivan. He's too brilliant to lose!

[Volaris]

15. She'd probably make for an acceptable SecDef..

I've no issue with that position advocating hard for killing bad guys, as long as the decision about who is and is not, a bad guy is Kamalas decision.
I don't want her near anything resembling social services (and I don't think she would take it...she's probably honest enough with herself that she knows she wouldn't really care about it correctly, and would therefore suck at it).

[Skittles]

33. NO

ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOT

[Joinfortmill]

36. Tell us how you really feel.

[Skittles]

52. she very much helped to create Donald Fucking Trump

fuck that repuke nepo baby, and her warmongering POS father too

there, THAT'S how I really feel

[Joinfortmill]

102. I am not the enemy here. I was simply answering the question.

[haele]

85. Her Dad was a driving force to dismantle maintenance and R&D within

the military. He lead the charge to cut DoD expenses, shifting that "savings" to the Treasury into the pockets of contract service providers, leading to a significant amount of equipment down-time along with a loss of training and experiance when shit goes down underway or out in the field. He also consolidated bases and maintenance facilities, leading to problems caused like those that occured when they sent Navy Carrier and Marine Corps planes to be serviced at Air Force maintenance bases.
Y'see, Air Force doesn't have requirements to land on a postage stamp in the middle of the ocean; way different specs and tolerances, and about a dozen pilots were killed over three years before the Navy put it's foot down and said no, we re-open our own maintenance depots.

He, like his partner in privatization Donnie Rumsfeld, thought the military shouldn't try to attract intelligent and curious service personnel. Soldiers and Sailors are fungible DoD assets.
She's too much like her father, and she's invested the same way he's always been.

Haele

[Skittles]

86. I find the fawning over Liz Cheney sickening

if she wants to trash Trump, that's fine but it does not redeem her, she is still a POS repuke

[haele]

88. Agree there. She's voted lockstep with hard right GOP all her career.

She's a smarmy, conniving Church Lady type that Evangelical huckster ministers use as their social and financial enforcers.
She might not skim off the collection plate herself, but she knows all the congregation secrets and uses them to the advantage of the hierarchy.

Haele

[Skittles]

89. THANK YOU

you get it

[Meadowoak]

126. Or Adam Kinsinger

[Think. Again.]

5. We can no longer afford to make nice gestures to people who are trying to end our Democracy.

[aocommunalpunch]

8. And yet, our candidate is doing just that.

Fucking counterproductive, IMO.

[Think. Again.]

14. Hopefully it's just a lie, like what law enforcement does to get criminals off the streets.

[tulipsandroses]

35. I don't think she will go back on her word. Not a good look. I'm fine with certain folks working in a national security

capacity. Nothing else. I'm pretty sure that they would not sell us out to Putin.
Kinzinger is a Vet, I think he would look out for vets and take intelligence and security issues seriously. Olivia Troye has national security experience.
I don't think Liz Cheney should be anywhere near a cabinet position. I know she would stand up to Putin, but I'm not rehabbing her to run for president in the future.


You don't want any of these folks running HUD, Labor, Education, Treasury, Health or any other position that affects us day to day.

[Think. Again.]

43. That's true, I guess an intern position would still be "in the cabinet".

[disappearingboy]

77. Kinzinger for VA Secretary, perhaps?

I'd be alright with that.

[onenote]

20. Maybe you shouldn't vote for her if you think her judgment is so bad.

Or maybe she knows what she's doing.

[aocommunalpunch]

24. You're actually telling me HERE to not vote for the candidate?

Just wow. Fuck Republicans.

[onenote]

83. You're actually questioning her judgement here?

[aocommunalpunch]

99. Shockingly enough, I have opinions.

And my fucking opinion is that not hiring ALL Democrats is poor judgment, yea. Tell me again how I should vote.

[onenote]

101. OK. You should vote for her. And maybe support her decisions that are designed to help her win the election.

[aocommunalpunch]

105. Low bar cleared.

I already fucking voted for her on a straight party ticket, so thanks for the permission. I think you can hire all Democrats and not lose a single goddamned vote.

[onenote]

107. "permission"? You're the one that asked me what I thought you should do.

And it's not about losing votes, its about gaining votes. And I'll respectfully disagree with you that her pledge to hire a republican won't gain her a single vote. I suspect it will gain her quite a few. She obviously thinks so.

[angrychair]

111. It will loss infinitely more

Obama spent 8 years bending over backwards for Republicans to the point it was embarrassing and it got him nothing.

There are no "good" Republicans. Fuck them. I'm not going to be lectured by ANYONE to support a fucking Republican for anything. I wouldn't piss on a Republican if they were on fire.
I have watched them year after year belittle Black and Hispanic people, calling the thieves and rapists and violent and not real citizens. I've watched vote against every single damn policy that could help people, even their precious Cheney and Kinzinger and those other worthless assholes.
For the love of everything that Democrats are cheering Republicans on DU is is blowing my damn mind

[onenote]

114. DUers are cheering on Harris voters. I don't give a rat's ass what their party registration is if they vote for Harris.

You seem to have a purity test under which you don't seem to want their votes.

[angrychair]

116. My "Purty test"

Is people that haven't spent their entire adult lives trying to undermine democracy.

For the love of everything, these people spent every damn second in office trying to undermine Democrats and democracy.
The only reason they don't like TSF is because he is saying the quiet part out loud.
I mean when Adam Kinzinger was in office he voted with Trump 90% of the time
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/adam-kinzinger/

Liz Cheney voted with Trump 93% of the time
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/liz-cheney/

Just in 2019 Liz Cheney accused Democrats of killing babies after they are born

These people are not our friends. They are not our allies.

[Think. Again.]

39. Ha! because one meaningless difference of opinion means I shouldn't vote for her?

You're just being silly.

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

34. Sorry, but I believe that's the wrong attitude to take. WE need to be the adults in the room and work to end all this

partisan crap. We must eradicate the MAGAts from the congress first and foremost. It won’t be done in one election.

[BigMin28]

42. You can't

negotiate when one side refuses to come to the table and have a reasonable discussion. Democrats can be mature from here to eternity, but the magats, and yes, the republicans are unwilling. I remember the negotiations over the Affordable Care Act. They screwed us blue.

[betsuni]

80. No concessions were made to Republicans because there were zero R votes. They just wasted time.

[BigMin28]

109. No public option

Was a concession made from the beginning.

[betsuni]

123. No, it wasn't. ACA with public option passed the House. Was taken out in Senate when

it couldn't get the filibuster-proof 60 votes on the Democratic side. Zero Republican votes.

[Think. Again.]

48. It isn't just magats and you know it.

We must "eradicate" the republican party if we ever want to get this nation on a healthy, positive path forward.

[JohnSJ]

106. Kinzinger would be a good choice, and was not one of "those people trying to end our Democracy".

[Think. Again.]

108. Anyone identifying as a republican is showing the world their support for all that the republican party stands for.

We can no longer afford to tolerate that kind of public support for those kinds of dangerous and hateful ideals.

[JohnSJ]

113. I gave you an example of someone who does not subscribe to that, and in fact not only fought against that, but is

actively campaigning against those who support trump.

This is about winning an election for preservation of our democracy, and pushing out those republicans who are against everything trump stands for is not a smart strategy, especially since this election is so close.

The OP made a perfect suggestion, appoint him to VA. Absolutely nothing wrong with that, and may very well help us with the never trumpers who are undecided whether to vote for Harris-Walz.

I trust the Harris-Walz campaign strategy.

[Think. Again.]

117. This is about much more than the election of one office, or even the election of Congress...

...this about the moral and ethical standards of our entire society.

trump has turned the republican party, as a whole, into an enemy of our Democracy and our nation.

He is their chosen candidate, if he is what they want to represent them, it's clear that they all have to go.

[JohnSJ]

118. No. If we don't win this election nothing matters, our democracy will be gone.

[Think. Again.]

119. I agree with that, but I disagree....

...that pandering to people who want to end our Democracy by offering political favors just to get votes is what will win us this election.

[JohnSJ]

120. Kisinger is not one of those people. The Harris campaign is not stupid, they aren't

going to appoint someone who supported the insurrection or Trump.

[Think. Again.]

127. Absolutely anyone who publicly identifies as a republican must be considered a republican....

...and therefore publicly stands in support of the republican party, for which donald trump is the candidate.

[Chasing Dreams]

10. Liz Cheney, Secretary of Defense

Kamala is a hawk, particularly on Russia and Iran, and there is little daylight between her foreign policy priorities in 2024 and those of Liz Cheney. And after nearly a decade of Putin support of MAGA isolationism, the Ukraine invasion, and election interference, well I’ve become pretty hawkish myself when it comes to fighting back against Russian oligarchs.

[Walleye]

13. That is not a bad suggestion

[Kaleva]

27. That'd be my guess

[BlueTsunami2018]

12. I'm sorry but I hate this.

Fuck Republicans. Seriously, simply not being a traitor does not make you a hero. These people are diametrically opposed to everything we stand for policy wise. They’re not our friends, they would NEVER include a Democrat in their cabinet or as an advisor or any of that.

Yeah, thanks for your support and all but go run in your own party.

[Think. Again.]

16. Fixed it for ya....

"Yeah, thanks for your support and all but go run in your own party off a short pier."

[BlueTsunami2018]

21. That's even better.

[Zipgun]

19. Any of the Republicans that chose democracy

And vocally endorsed the Vice President would be acceptable depending on position. Like not secretary of Labor

[Think. Again.]

23. If they identify as republicans, they obviously haven't chosen Democracy.

[Solly Mack]

26. Ronald Reagan, groundskeeper.

He's doing it already. Excellent job.

[Think. Again.]

49. That's "soil ammendment specialist", please.

[Solly Mack]

50. My bad.

[MaryMagdaline]

28. Liz Cheney - executioner in chief

[MaryMagdaline]

29. Melania Trump - f***ing Christmas decorations

[jalan48]

32. Why? We have plenty of good Democrats that can fill these positions. It's an insult to our Party

These are the fuck-wads that supported stealing the 2000 election for George Jr. WTF is going on?

[Cartoonist]

37. DEI hire.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

41. Having a Republican in the Harris Administration would be good.

In what position, I am unsure. Kamala would know best.

Definitely someone who wants to see a strong Democracy where there is consensus. Not all Republicans are bad. Just the MAGAts in Congress.

[Think. Again.]

51. That is NOT true, it is NOT only magats that are bad, it IS the republican party that's bad for Democracy AND society.

[Klarkashton]

44. Put the Republican in a cabinet.

[Gore1FL]

45. Whatever it is, I hope they have a tiny role.

You can't bipartisan with fascists.

[femmedem]

63. Not every Republican is a fascist. Kinzinger isn't, Cheney isn't.

Nor are the many other Republicans who have endorsed Harris.

I disagree with them all on nearly every domestic policy, but they are not fascists. I believe that giving at least one Republican a place in the cabinet helps break down the hatred people of both parties currently have for members of the other party, and can play a small part in rebuilding a non-fascist, pro-democracy Republican party.

[Gore1FL]

78. Liz Cheney spoke out against her sister's gay marriage. You don't have to be MAGA to suck.

I can't think of a single one I would trust with any power.

Other than being offended by January 6, they have nothing to offer.

[aocommunalpunch]

103. Why do we care about rebuilding these assholes?

They’re not goddamned children. They can appeal to Americans and do the necessary adulting. Fuck Republicans.

[femmedem]

121. For the same reason that these Republicans are supporting Harris:

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Our country will be safer and stronger when the MAGA spell breaks. They're willing to put country before party despite all our other differences, and we should be, too.

[marble falls]

46. Federal Prison System. He/She will be the "inside man".

[biophile]

47. Adam Kinsinget would one of very few choices

He’s been a rational R - and any one who did actually vote for impeachment. But I would not have overtly stated that I would give an R a position at all. Let it be a true gift and a surprise.

[Think. Again.]

53. Is there a position that only has to read the Constitution all day, every day?

I'd vote for allowing them overtime for that.

[hunter]

55. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Obviously.

[Rebl2]

61. To old

[hunter]

70. Younger than Trump.

.

[IcyPeas]

57. They smile in your face all the time they want to take your place

[JHB]

58. I might be ok with Christine Todd Whitman, but she's 78 and might not want it

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A hard NO to Cheney. Remember, she'd accused Democrats of supporting the killing of babies after birth (I can link to video if you want), and she's never rescinded those remarks.

If we really need a "name" Republican, maybe Kitzinger, but maybe find one who left the party BEFORE Trump, who recognized what a dumpster fire the GOP had become before they elected a walking dumpster fire. And not anybody who needed January 6 to convince them to oppose him.

[dweller]

59. Maybe ... and just maybe, in her 2nd term

And that’s only if they play nice in her 1st term … sort of a trial run



✌🏻

[jmowreader]

60. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) as Secretary of Agriculture

Newhouse has five advantages here.

1. He's a moderate Republican who has beaten MAGAts.
2. He voted in favor of impeaching Trump after the Capitol attack. He also voted aye on the Respect for Marriage Act.
3. He's a good choice for Secretary of Agriculture because he has a degree in Agricultural Economics from Washington State University and he runs a successful 600-acre farm. He grows hops, tree fruit and alfalfa.
4. There's no risk of people claiming President Harris is trying to subvert the balance of power in the House because Washington's 4th Congressional District, which he represents, is so far to the right there have been two Republicans on the general election ballot more than once. (Just so you know: Washington uses a "jungle primary" system for all offices except president where the top two in the primary, regardless of party, advance to the general election.) If Rep. Newhouse is made Secretary of Agriculture, WA-4 WILL send another Republican to replace him in Congress.
5. While very competent as an elected official, he keeps a very low profile. Most people haven't heard of him. He doesn't go on TV and spew extraneous bullshit like, say, Marjorie Taylor Greene does. He goes to work, does the people's bidding and returns home. This is why he may not want to do it - he doesn't seem like the kinda guy who wants to do the Sunday-morning talk shows.

[tulipsandroses]

82. Not a bad idea. I'd be concerned about where he is on the issue of black farmers

Republicans have been fighting against aid for black farmers.

[ecstatic]

64. something harmless, hopefully. Absolutely nothing related to justice, education, or healthcare

I do not want any more republicans heading up anything that might require holding republicans accountable, so that rules out DNI, homeland security, AG, FBI, etc.

[Kaleva]

65. Nobody here is going to abandon Harris over this so we might as well accept it

As she's already decided to include a Republican in her cabinet, I'm not going to get worked up about it.

[dgauss]

67. It's not about bipartisanship, it's about the election.

Nobody believes bipartisanship is anywhere in our near future or that this move will change that in any way. I think it about the possibility of maybe getting a few more of those "undecided" votes. Even if it's a tiny amount. It won't have any impact on her administration if she wins.

[gibraltar72]

68. Liz Cheney

Department of coincidences.

[Fiendish Thingy]

69. Kinzinger- Veteran's Affairs

Easy choice, he can only help, not hurt there.

[bluestarone]

72. He would be good!!

[tulipsandroses]

75. Yes. This would be my choice. He has a history of advocating for vets.

Strong advocate for Veterans' Mental Health.

Very logical choice. She fulfills her promise and I don't think democrats should be pissed about someone that has a history of being an advocate for vets.

[Politicub]

90. VA bro. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

He’s charming in his own way.

[Mysterian]

94. Hell to the fuck no

No republican at VA. Really bad idea.

[Fiendish Thingy]

95. We'll have to disagree

Kinzinger stood on stage at the DNC with all the vets in congress- he’s a vet and has shown his integrity.

What are you afraid he’ll do? Congress sets his budget.

[Mysterian]

97. There are many more qualified people to run the VA

If he had any integrity, he'd be a Democrat by now.

[Fiendish Thingy]

98. Do you think Harris should keep her promise?

If so, which dept. should have a Republican secretary in the cabinet in the VA.

BTW, You didn’t mention what your specific concern about Kinzinger at the VA was.

[Mysterian]

100. No, I don't

Thanks for asking.

[sakabatou]

71. Probably in position which are VERY hard to fuck up

[DFW]

74. Well , if I'm allowed to stretch my imagination a little....

Lauren Boebert for Secretary of Masturbation?

Or am I out of line here?

**if anyone really ends up passing this on to the Harris/Walz campaign, you did NOT get this from me!

[Shrek]

76. Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Grassley n/t

[haele]

79. Kinzinger or Riggle.

One of the few good things Kinzinger takes seriously is the VA, so I'd trust him with a VA Administrator post.
Riggle is good on Cybersecurity.

I would thank Liz Cheney for her service to democracy and leave it at that. Her main focus is sane washing old school Globalist/Reagan Republicans so they can get back to their trickle down policies and anti-commie BS.

Haele

[betsuni]

81. For the concerned, it's called politics. Majority of Americans want bipartisanship and for government to work.

This will help win the election.

Um, Republicanism isn't contagious.

[Thrill]

84. Stay away from boosting Kinzinger's career

He’s dangerous. A smart Republican, that isn’t ugly inside and out like the rest of them, can come back to bite down the road.

[alarimer]

91. Secretary in charge of emptying the wastebaskets

NO to Republicans in the cabinet. They are utterly fucking worthless (unless they know how to empty the trash, which they probably don't).

I realize she is just pandering and that's okay, I guess. But I have no use for bipartisanshit.

[krawhitham]

92. It's is not going to be Olivia Troye, most likely it will be Cheney

[Mysterian]

93. I hope she breaks that promise

There might be some republicans with a shred of conscience remaining, but none of them belong in the cabinet.

[angrychair]

96. No one

I don't want people that want raped 10 yr olds to have their rapist's baby
That want to mass deport Black and Hispanic people
That want to treat LGBTQ+ people as 2nd class citizens or worse
That want to force women to bleed to death in hospital parking lots.

I want no one that enabled the Reagan or Bush or Trump to be in a position of power over my life.
That Democrats are crowing to be ruled by Republicans is gross

[JohnSJ]

104. Kinzinger to the VA would be a good choice. Having someone on your cabinet of a different party isn't a bad thing, both

politically and to get a different perspective.

The ultimate decision is up to the President.

[bucolic_frolic]

112. That's a good post for Kinzinger

I think the former GOP crowd should expand their base of leaders beyond Ms. Cheney and Kinzinger. 2 people don't make a party.

[JCMach1]

122. Liz Cheney, Interior or Sec. Def.

[Music Man]

124. I'm a big fan of Abraham Lincoln.

[Jose Garcia]

125. Larry Hogan, Transportation

[Sadhuji]

128. Millions of Unknown

There may be so many people, who may be republican, morally excellent to work in a Human governmental administration, nearly all of whom I, and millions others, do not know of. Yet, perhaps Jack Smith, how about as Attorney General.

[doc03]

129. How about Lindsey as the Minister of Silly Walks nt